Ch. 478 LAWS OF MARYLAND

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM ADOPTING A SET OF RULES SETTING
FORTH WHAT TRAILERS UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
ASSESSMENT FOR REAL PROPERTY TAX INSTEAD OF THE PERMIT FEE
HEREIN REQUIRED, PROVIDED THAT NO TRAILER ASSESSED FOR REAL
PROPERTY TAX SHALL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT OR PAY THE
PERMIT FEE HEREIN PROVIDED. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY BY RULE VARY THE TIME FOR COLLECTION
AND THE METHOD OF PAYMENT OF THE FEE HEREIN PROVIDED FOR.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
RESULT IN A FINE OF SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($75. ) AND COSTS.

CHAPTER 156
VEHICLES, JUNKED OR ABANDONED

156-1. UNLAWFUL ABANDONMENT.

IT IS UNLAWFUL IN CECIL COUNTY AS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER TO
CAUSE OR PERMIT AN UNLICENSED JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE OR PARTS
THEREOF TO BE LEFT ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, IN OPEN VIEW OF
PERSONS ON A NEARBY HIGHWAY. FAILURE TO REMOVE SUCH A VEHICLE
OR PARTS THEREOF WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER A WRITTEN NOTICE OF
REMOVAL SENT TO THE OWNER OF RECORD BY ANY AUTHORIZED POLICE
OFFICER ISA MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE UPON CONVICTION BY A FINE OF
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25. ) FOR EACH DAY AFTER THE TEN (10) DAYS
DURING WHICH THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS NOT MOVED FROM THE PROPERTY.

156-2. IMPOUNDMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THE CRIMINAL PENALTY PROVIDED BY THIS CHAPTER,
THE MOTOR VEHICLE MAY BE IMPOUNDED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AND SOLD UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE.

156-3. DISPOSAL OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLES.

IF ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OR PART THEREOF IS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE WORKINGS OF THIS
CHAPTER, AND IF THE OWNER OR PERSON ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION
THEREOF CANNOT BE LOCATED OR FAILS TO CLAIM THE MOTOR VEHICLE
OR PART THEREOF FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER IT CAME INTO
THE CUSTODY OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE MOTOR
VEHICLE OR PART THEREOF MAYBE DISPOSED OF BY THE BOARD AT PUBLIC
SALE. DUE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF THE SALE,
TOGETHER WITH A FULL DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE
OR PART THEREOF, SHALL BE INSERTED IN AT LEAST ONE (I) NEWSPAPER
OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY AT LEAST ONCE EACH WEEK
FOR TWO (2) SUCCESSIVE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE SALE. IN ADDITION, A
NOTICE BY REGISTERED MAIL SHALL BE SENT AT LEAST TEN (10) DAYS
PRIOR TO THE SALE TO THE OWNER AND LIEN HOLDER, IF ANY, SHOWN ON
THE RECORDS OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATOR, OR THE PERSON
ENTITLED TO THE POSSESSION OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE OR PART THEREOF

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